OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is 34. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficiency of time-restricted eating and energy restriction on anthropometrics and body composition in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	193
The effectiveness of new urban trail infrastructure on physical activity and active transportation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of natural experiments	129
U.S. Adolescent Rest-Activity patterns: insights from functional principal component analysis (NHANES 2011–2014)	123
Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	91
Impact of ¡Míranos! on parent-reported home-based healthy energy balance-related behaviors in low-income Latino preschool children: a clustered randomized controlled trial	90
Cooking skills, living alone, and mortality: JAGES cohort study	75
Towards effective restriction of unhealthy food marketing to children: unlocking the potential of artificial intelligence	70
The health, cost and equity impacts of restrictions on the advertisement of high fat, salt and sugar products across the transport for London network: a health economic modelling study	68
Offering a lifestyle intervention to women of premenopausal age as primary prevention for cardiovascular disease? – assessing its cost-effectiveness	65
Accelerometer-derived physical activity patterns and incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study	59
Cultural adaptations and methodological innovations to group model building for the systems actions to reduce malnutrition in all its forms in Southeast Asian countries and China (SYSTAM CHINA-SEACS I	57
Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of active travel, organised sport and physical education with accelerometer-assessed moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in young people: the Internati	56
Physical activity and academic achievement: an analysis of potential student- and school-level moderators	55
A latent transition analysis of physical activity and screen-based sedentary behavior from adolescence to young adulthood	54
The Home Environment Interview and associations with energy balance behaviours and body weight in school-aged children – a feasibility, reliability, and validity study	54
Real-life experiments in supermarkets to encourage healthy dietary-related behaviours: opportunities, challenges and lessons learned	52
Do personality profiles contribute to patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior in adulthood? A prospective cohort study	50
Implementation of elementary school physical education quantity and quality law through school district audit, feedback, and coaching	50
Environmental and practice factors associated with children’s device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in early childhood education and care centres: a systematic review	45
Association of physical activity with utilization of long-term care in community-dwelling older adults in Germany: results from the population-based KORA-Age observational study	45
Calorie reformulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of manipulating food energy density on daily energy intake	45
Evaluating the impact of the universal infant free school meal policy on the ultra-processed food content of children’s lunches in England and Scotland: a natural experiment	44
“Balancing work and movement”: barriers and enablers for being physically active at Indian workplaces – findings from SMART STEP trial	43
Incentivising public transport use for physical activity gain: process evaluation of the COVID-19 disrupted trips4health randomised controlled trial	40
Benchmarking the nutrition-related commitments and practices of major Belgian food companies	40

School-based physical activity in relation to active travel – a cluster randomized controlled trial among adolescents enrolled in the school in motion study in Norway	39
Can the bias of self-reported sitting time be corrected? A statistical model validation study based on data from 23 993 adults in the Norwegian HUNT study	36
Elementary school compliance with a state recess minimum requirement by racial and geographic factors: a cross-sectional study	36
The effects of different types of leisure-time physical activity on positive mental health among adolescents: a mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis	35
Optimal dosage of group-based organized physical activity for enhancing social abilities in autistic children: insights from a multilevel meta-analysis	35
Adherence to Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among infants and associations with development: a longitudinal study	35
Adolescent physical activity profiles as determinants of emerging adults’ physical activity	35
Association between child and youth physical activity and family functioning: a systematic review of observational studies	35
Barriers and enablers of vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (VILPA) in physically inactive adults: a focus group study	34
Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of diabetes: the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)	34
Daily time-use compositions of physical behaviours and its association with evaluative and experienced wellbeing: a multilevel compositional analysis	34
Age-related differences in eating location, food source location, and timing of snack intake among U.S. children 1–19 years	34
Device-measured sedentary time and intensity-specific physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: the UK Biobank cohort study	34
The impact of interventions in the built environment on physical activity levels: a systematic umbrella review	34